For the past five years, Sagonaska has been a part of a 21st Century Teaching and Learning project through the Council of Ontario Directors of Education (CODE) focusing on the use of personal devices to assist students with learning disabilities. Although the number one goal of our school is to help our students improve their reading, we also aim to improve our students proficiency with personal devices to support them both in and out of the classroom. Last year, we had the opportunity to capture our learning in a video that was recently shared on the Ministry of Education's EduGAINs website (http://www.edugains.ca) so that educators across the province can see first-hand the transformational learning that takes place at Sagonaska. Not only do our students increase their reading scores, they develop life-long technology skills that support them in their learning and spark their curiosity and critical thinking skills.
To view this video, please click the following link, EduGAINs: Innovation in Action, and scroll down until you see the title, "Sagonaska Demonstration School: Using Assistive Technology for Creativity and Communication" then click on the image. You will catch a glimpse of how the use of mobile, personal devices is embedded in our daily routines and hear first-hand how the use of these devices is assisting our students with developing personalized learning strategies, while at the same time improving self-esteem and independence.
